Sunday, January 31, 2010

Behold The Not So Sacred Shroud Of John Not The Apostle!

The Not So Sacred Shroud of
John Not The Apostle

Also Unknown as The Shroud of Touring Around

(As Conceived -- or Better Made Up Whole Cloth (almost)
-- by John of AllFaith (9.4.98 -- last updated 1.31.10)

Although long thought to be lost in antiquity, the Not So Sacred Shroud of the not particularly ordinary non-saint John Not The Apostle is now being made public for the first time (since last time)!

As you know of course (and if not you should be ashamed of yourself for such ignorance!), John Not The Apostle was the original founder or "acharya" as our Indian friends say, of the Not So Holy Roam'n Church and its not-famous nor overly Holy Saw (or was that See?), located in Roam mania (which was once located in Geocities' luxurious Athens Delphi community -- until getting its own domain name here as AllFaith.com. Alas, the loss of the Roma'n Church was apparently more than the Geocities corporate heads could bear! They sold the site to Yahoo in deepest despair. Alas again, without the active presence of the Non-Saint and his Roam'n Church even Yahoo -- that bastion (or was it bastard) of cyber trustworthiness and dependably (yeah verily I maketh a funny) -- could not save Geocities and so it finally gave up the ghost -- another sad statistic of the cyber purges of the Year of Our Lard 2009. It will be missed (surely by someone). And so it is said (well it could be said!), that as with everything else that has ever gone wrong in human history, this too was doubtless the fault of John Not-the-Apostle! Praise the Cheetos and pass the remote control there's a rerun of Bonanza on!

At first it was believed by some guy at the Ranch House Steak House in Chamblee Georgia that John Not The Apostle had been conceived of a virgin! However that was due to an honest misconception. You see, when John Not The Apostle was born some saint uttered in holy disgust that it was "inconceivable" that such an unattractive baby could ever be born of a human female! After all, the saints and sinners alike agreed, babies are supposed to be cute! What in the name of all that is holy and just had happened here! This innocent comment was misunderstood by some nabob to mean that his birth was not produced by normal conception (i.e. that it was in-conceivable).

Others, seeking to understand the nature of this unlikely abomination, insisted that he was surely the "Son of a Dog", but once again this honest speculation was later discovered to just be an insulting comment that had been taken a bit too literally, so to speak. It is now widely acknowledged by all but the most brain dead and fervent members of the long defunct Roam'n Church that the non-saint was actually conceived in and un-interestingly enough, born in, the changing room of the downtown Atlanta Sears store on Ponce De Leon Boulevard (or was that Avenue -- I'll have to check the not-so ancient scroll of Prophet Deaddude the Forgetful).

Of course what matters is not his birth, though utterly ordinary it was -- save that the babe was so God awful ugly! What is celebrated is his death. Indeed and verily, his death brought joy to many people, and not just to those who polish their teeth with bug spray either! Billions of people from all around the world were, ah well, awake on the very day his death is rumored to have happened! Of course, it hasn't happened yet, but most authorities agree that one day it will! "Oh what a glorious day that will be" as the hymn says (or was it a her).

The earliest account of his Not So Sacred Shroud stems from the days of ancient Rome. According to the feeble minded scribe Phoneous Maxipad, the Roman legions were all given the day off (with pay, not bad eh?) to celebrate the fact that the founder of the Roam'n Church -- whose name only coincidentally resembled the name of their precious little empire and that other church group of whom you may have heard tell -- was dead as the proverbial door nail -- but was he really and what the heck is a "door nail" anyway? As herstory (we must be equal in all things) records, with the legions all drunk, Rome fell -- but that's another story.

In any event, little did these ecstatic legionnaires suspect that the non-saint's earthly remains would be glued to an old shroud and secreted away to the future city of Touring Around Aimlessly (which many say the still roaming Roam'n Church will eventually reach and finally cease to roam -- well, one guy said that anyway), thus giving rise to what some other guy at a bar in Ormond Beach, Florida might have called "the most insignificant and uncared about mystery of all times" -- had he ever heard it -- but then, why would he have.

Indeed! That shroud WAS taken by night and hidden from disinterested eyes! It traveled throughout the known world for many many years (at the time of this writing we're not certain about the unknown world but we'll check on it... maybe tomorrow...). Through wars and revolutions (not to mention Coup de' Villes) the shroud was ignored and thus never messed with (save perhaps by maggots or similar beings).

Then in 1942 it served the people of Paris as a doorstep. According to tradition (most of which I'm making up as I go along), none of the people of that sleepy little Texas town who stepped on the shroud day after day -- many going to and returning from the Achmed's Liqueur Emporium (Achmed Gets You Drunk For Less! �) -- had any idea that under their very feet was one of the most irrelevant thingymajigs of the ancient world (though it was said that some of them thought they had perchance stepped in cow doodee or some similar substance and hence rubbed their feet on the Shroud extra hard, this perhaps explaining its rich aroma). But how can we blame such Texans for their not-knowingness, living as they do in the occupied US and dreaming of the day when the South rises once again and their Confederate currency is again worth more than a mere tourist item to be sold to and then reproduced by the Chinese and sold back to them by your friendly neighborhood Walmart collective? Judge them? I shall not! Yeah rather, pity the poor oil barons like the Bushes! May they find plenty of baked beans to eat! Surely they could not have known -- and many have publicly testified to me in private that not only did they not know -- yeah, that in point of fact they could not have even cared less had they known, and, indeed, it was told to me by not a few of these good Texans that if I didn't get out of their yards and stop trying to interview them, they would call someone named "Bubba" whom they felt certain would "teach me a lesson" of some kind. Alas I didn't have the time (nor the corporate funding) to wait around for Bubba and so I never learned my lessons -- difficult is the life of an historian!

Finally, in the year of our Lard 2010 the shroud finally surfaced again and today it serves a truly noble function.

Yeah I say, verily and fore soothe, under the caring and lovingly crushing boot of a tax mad illegal immigrant dictator -- born in Kenya and naturalized as a citizen of Indonesia -- our Constitutionally ineligible president -- whose cousin only happens to be a dreaded African warlord (now be nice!) -- reality really is stranger than fiction -- the Shroud today serves as a reminder of happier, more gentile times when government leaders at least tried to looked like patriots and the Supreme Court still deemed the Constitution somewhat relevant to its rulings. But most importantly perhaps, the Not So Sacred Shroud Of John Not The Apostle today provides a momentary distraction for people in offices and homes the world over who have nothing better to do with their precious and fleeting time on Earth than to sit in front of computer screens reading this kind drivel!

So praise all that is sort of non-holy in a warped kind of a way!

And so, without further ado-do, it is my utterly nauseous pleasure to present:

The Not So Sacred Shroud Of
John Not The Apostle!


(Born: 12-21-2012 AD and Died: 14-66-606 BC)


May he rest in itty bitty tiny tiny pieces!

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Friday, January 29, 2010

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Determining Our Origins: Young Earth verses Old Earth

I received a question/comment today that stated that "Genesis is wrong scientifically."

Is it?

The poster listed his evidence, which basically amounted to the fact that Genesis does not agree with the "Old Earth" theory of evolution.

I've been thinking about doing a study on this question for some time... but not right now... but here are a few thoughts.

What is your view on this?

Hi Mike,

Biblical creationism verses evolutionary theory is not an area I specialize in personally.

Understand however that comments such as "The earth was formed 9.2 billions years after the big bang, not even remotely close to each other in time periods..." are based on the assumption that the ever changing scientific theories are known facts. If that were the case, the scientific theories would not be constantly updating and changing as their researches advance.

At this point neither side of this argument can conclusively prove its views objectively.

Understand also that no serious scientist would state that 9.2 billions years after the big bang such and such happened. For scientists all such dates are approximations at best. Also, many serious scientists, including Eisenstein, reject the validity of the whole idea and today most scientists reject the Big Bang theory as envisioned originally. For instance see:

http://www.olduniverse.com/
http://www.hbci.com/~wenonah/new/bigbang.htm

If you seriously wish to understand what the proponents of the "Young Earth" theories say and see the evidence they offer, I would suggest going to the Institute for Creation Research: http://www.icr.org . This is the area they focus on. You can contact them about their views and I suspect you will be surprised at how solid the case for Creation is.

There is also another view that holds that Genesis offers two different creation accounts:

Gen 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

This is given as a stated fact with no detail on how or when the initial creation occurred.

Gen 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void...

The Hebrew word haw-yaw, translated in the King James version as "was" ("the earth was without form") is more correctly translated as "And the earth [became] without form...."

"Form" is translated from the Hebrew word to'-hoo which literally means not that it had no shape, but that it became (haw-yaw) a desert wasteland, void --without usable form.

It is held by some therefore that the time and exact methodology of the original creation of the universe is not given in the Bible, that some great catastrophe occurred about 6000 years ago according to biblical calculations. This would be easily within the margin of error of what is accepted for the start of the present warm phase (the Holocene) that some believe followed the sudden ending of the Younger Dryas period, about 11,500 years ago; in geological terms as conceived by the Secular sciences 3000 - 4000 years difference is nothing. Such a climactic event could easily alter our readings of the fossil records that much. This view answers most of the arguments of the "Old Earth" scientific opposition without refuting the "Young Earth" view.

This is not the "black or white" issue both sides wish to make it appear. We are still trying to understand many things.

Again, this is not an area I am that interested in personally. The icr.org website does have a lot of solid evidence you might wish to examine if you are sincere. Look at all the evidence before writing off either side.

Many "Bible Believers" reject scientific evidence out of hand when it seems to contradict their religious views, and many Secularists reject all biblical evidence as well as scientific evidence that supports the biblical model, when such evidence challenges their views. In both cases it does not speak well of human nature.

Good luck with your research,
~ John of AllFaith

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

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Even though the ACLU (and most of its supporters) are much more on the liberal side of the spectrum, Barry Sotero is getting (rightly) trashed in this important poll by his own people!


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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Does God REALLY Give Us Freedom?

This question was asked on one of the AllFaith Groups. I thought my reply might be of interest to some here.

What are your thoughts on this topic?

--- I Agree that we have choices, God's gift we call a free will, but do we really have unlicensed freedom of choice?

My reply:

Pretty much yes, within the confines of mortal limitations.

That does not mean we can do anything we want and be in harmony with God's Will of course, only that we are free to accept or reject His directions and fellowship.

Here's a quick overview:

Circa 2500 BCE the world flood occurred. After the waters subsided, God made a covenant with Noah and all of his descendants (including us). He said that if we wished fellowship with God we had to obey seven basic laws:

The Noahide Laws

1. Worship Only the One God
2. Honor and Praise the One God
3. Respect and Protect Human Life
4. Respect the Family
5. Respect the Rights and Properties of Others
6. Respect the Sanctity of all Life
7. Pursue/enforce Justice

We are all free to obey or disobey these laws, but if/when we disobey our spiritual connection with God suffers.

Later (circa 2000-1800 BCE) God established His eternal covenant with Abraham and his descendants -- that came through Sarah and Isaac (ie not through Hagar and Ishmael).

Later this covenant was clarified as the Torah (Law) was revealed to Moses at Mount Sinai (circa 1450 BCE).

Around 7 BCE our Master, Jesus (or Y'shua ben Miriam), was born. He lived 33 1/2 years and sought to reform Judaism and established the B'rit Hadashah or New Covenant through which everyone, Jew of Gentile, was/is granted access to God.

All who wish to know Peace with God are encouraged to choose, by their own free will, to accept the teachings and principles revealed by God.

This is not required, it is optional.

The fact that submission to God's Will is not required is demonstrated in every TV newscast, every newspaper etc. The world stands, for the most part, in open deviance of God's stated Will... for now.

As I understand the Scriptures, humanity is allowed to do almost anything it wishes (for good or ill) except for one thing:

Matthew 24:22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

In the (I believe near) future there is going to come a point when the Jews will be utterly exterminated from the planet UNLESS God intervenes.

This "choice," this planned genocide of "the Elect" is what will bring the Second Coming of Y'shua.

There have also been other times when God has directly intervened in human affairs. Our freedom therefore is not absolute, but close.

Monday, January 25, 2010

Thursday, January 21, 2010

God Granted Me A Miracle Today ;-)

Thought I'd share a miracle that happened today.

For the past couple of months I've been feeling that something physical was not quite right with me. I could not put my finger on it.

My doctor was no help, he's pretty apathetic really. I was talking with my physical therapist about it and he referred me a doctor he knows at the local med center, a rather elderly Jewish man who reminded me of the rabbi in Fiddler on the Roof.

I went for my first appointment on Monday and he discovered a problem. In my left breast I had what felt to the touch like a "sliver" of sorts, about 2 inches long and 1 inch wide directly under the nipple. I had been a bit sensitive in the area for a while but had not noticed it. With my chronic illness I often have floating pains and I had assumed that was all it was.

This new doc seemed a bit alarmed by his discovery, it could be cancerous he thought, and told me to have a mammogram and x-rays the next day (this past Tuesday). I also have some blood work to do in a few days. He seemed rather concern about this "lump" hence the rush for the tests.

Due to a scheduling mix up I had the test done today instead.

As I sat in the waiting room I felt what seemed like a warm hand touching my chest over the area with the growth and I "knew" God had healed me!

Then the tech came and did the mammogram as well as an ultrasound and found NOTHING. The tech asked me to show her where it was. I felt the area for it to show her, but it was gone. She felt around as well based on the doctors notes and could not find it either.

The mammogram and the ultrasound show no trace of what the doctor and I both clearly felt.

Thanks be to God!
And thanks to all of you who have been praying for me.

God is good.
~ John

Monday, January 18, 2010

New Evidence Supports Biblical Authenticity

New Evidence Supports Biblical Authenticity

Source

Bible Possibly Written Centuries Earlier, Text Suggests

Clara Moskowitz, LiveScience Staff Writer

livescience.com Fri Jan 15, 9:40 am ET

Scientists have discovered the earliest known Hebrew writing - an inscription dating from the 10th century B.C., during the period of King David's reign.

The breakthrough could mean that portions of the Bible were written centuries earlier than previously thought. (The Bible's Old Testament is thought to have been first written down in an ancient form of Hebrew.)

Until now, many scholars have held that the Hebrew Bible originated in the 6th century B.C., because Hebrew writing was thought to stretch back no further. But the newly deciphered Hebrew text is about four centuries older, scientists announced this month.

"It indicates that the Kingdom of Israel already existed in the 10th century BCE and that at least some of the biblical texts were written hundreds of years before the dates presented in current research," said Gershon Galil, a professor of Biblical Studies at the University of Haifa in Israel, who deciphered the ancient text.

BCE stands for "before common era," and is equivalent to B.C., or before Christ.

The writing was discovered more than a year ago on a pottery shard dug up during excavations at Khirbet Qeiyafa, near Israel's Elah valley. The excavations were carried out by archaeologist Yosef Garfinkel of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. At first, scientists could not tell if the writing was Hebrew or some other local language.

Finally, Galil was able to decipher the text. He identified words particular to the Hebrew language and content specific to Hebrew culture to prove that the writing was, in fact, Hebrew.

"It uses verbs that were characteristic of Hebrew, such as asah ('did') and avad ('worked'), which were rarely used in other regional languages," Galil said. "Particular words that appear in the text, such as almanah ('widow') are specific to Hebrew and are written differently in other local languages."

The ancient text is written in ink on a trapezoid-shaped piece of pottery about 6 inches by 6.5 inches (15 cm by 16.5 cm). It appears to be a social statement about how people should treat slaves, widows and orphans. In English, it reads (by numbered line):

1' you shall not do [it], but worship the [Lord].
2' Judge the sla[ve] and the wid[ow] / Judge the orph[an]
3' [and] the stranger. [Pl]ead for the infant / plead for the po[or and]
4' the widow. Rehabilitate [the poor] at the hands of the king.
5' Protect the po[or and] the slave / [supp]ort the stranger.

The content, which has some missing letters, is similar to some Biblical scriptures, such as Isaiah 1:17, Psalms 72:3, and Exodus 23:3, but does not appear to be copied from any Biblical text.

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Monday, January 11, 2010

Tehran to conduct a large-scale military exercise...

Another important post by Mike Evans:

JERUSALEM REPORT
From Mike Evans the founder of the Jerusalem Prayer Team

All emphasis mine:

Dear John,

Iranian media on Sunday reported that Tehran will conduct a large-scale military exercise next month. This massive display of military power will include Iran's army conducting drills in conjunction with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard. Brigadier General Ahmad-Reza Pourdastan, the commander of Iran's ground forces stated the drills would improve "defensive capabilities."

The major military campaign is timed to be held at Iran's "deadline" for the West to respond to its nuclear fuel proposal. Iran has rejected the proposals of the United Nations and the International Atomic Energy Agency which would limit Iran's weapons capacity. They are insisting on free reign to develop what they continue to falsely characterize as a peaceful civilian nuclear program.

Make no mistake--Iran's nuclear threat is a dagger poised at Israel's throat.

"When you see these things look up for your redemption draweth nigh."

This is a battle between darkness and Light...between Good and evil. Satan's battle against God is centered on Jerusalem. Isaiah 14 records the plans of Satan: "I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: (Jerusalem) I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High." Isaiah 14:13&14

Jerusalem is the only city God claims as His own. It is called the city of God and the Holy City in scriptures: "In the Temple and in Jerusalem which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel. I will put my Name forever." II Chronicles 37:7

Why do the nations of the Earth fear Jerusalem? Because "When the Lord shall build up Zion then shall he appear in his Glory." (Psalm 102:16)

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Your mission as a Jerusalem Prayer Team member is vitally important because all nations who curse Jerusalem will be cursed according to Genesis 12:1-3. We must stand in the Gap so that this curse will not happen. "The Lord shall Bless thee out of Zion; and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life." (Psalm 128.5)

The unrest and widespread protests against the government continues to impact Iran's nuclear weapons program. The government is working frantically to complete work while they are still in power. As a result the deadline for Israel to stop them is rapidly approaching. If Israel is forced to attack Iran, the results will be deadly. Thousands of missiles and rockets will rain down on Jewish cities. Suicide bombers will attack Jews not just in Israel but around the world. But there is still time to prevent that tragic fate.

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Saturday, January 09, 2010

Via E-mail: 'You are deluded if you think Jews are the chosen people!'

I received the following via e-mail. As always, I never reveal the identity of those who write me privately, however the point this person makes needs to be addressed.

First the unedited e-mail:

Hi john you seem a nice person but you are deluded as others who think that Jews are the chosen people.the children of Israel are the chosen people.Israel is Jacob.we are all the chosen people and the chosen peoples land is EARTH.

The zionists are the ones who along with their illuminati breathren will cause the 3rd world war,
the sanhedrin called BUSH in the scroll of bush GOG!
come on now.they are stating clearly that their god isnt the God of Abraham but satan.What more does it take.
The children of Jacob should be as one and the earth is our prize.
Regards ....

Now my Reply:

What are your thoughts? Let's discuss this in the comments section below.

Hi ...,

The promises and covenant were given to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and their descendants: to "the Jews."

Exodus 2:24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

As Y'shua (Jesus) said:

John 4:22 Ye [Gentiles] worship ye know not what: we [Jews] know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.

And Paul said:

Romans 11:1 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin....
Rom 11:28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes.
Rom 11:29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

--- ...
we are all the chosen people and the chosen peoples land is EARTH.

This view has absolutely no biblical, historic nor archeological support whatsoever.

We are not all descended from Jacob and so even by your argument what you are saying is incorrect.

The descendants of Noah's son Shem (the Semites) were set apart unto God after the global flood:

Genesis 9:25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan [descendants of Ham]; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
Gen 9:26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem [the Semites]; and Canaan shall be his servant.
Gen 9:27 God shall enlarge Japheth [see below], and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

Noah's Sons:

Shem: This oldest son of Noah is to have the rights of the firstborn. He is the leader of the b'nei Noach, the children of Noah. The descendants of Shem include Abraham and his physical descendants, which would include the Semitic Jews and Arabs, the people living to the east of Babylon and the Persian Gulf, the Assyrians and others. Converts to Judaism becomes Jewish and are thus adopted into lineage of Shem.

Ham
: Canaan (Ham's son) and his offspring are specifically cursed by Noah. It is declared that these people will be servants to their brothers. Ham's descendants are said to include Ethiopians, Egyptians, Libyans, Phoenicians, Hittites and others.

Japheth: His descendants will be "enlarged" and blessed. They will "dwell in the tents of Shem." They will live by the blessings of Shem to assist Shem. Later on in Genesis this relationship becomes clearer. If the descendants of Japheth use their material blessings to bless and bolster the descendants of Shem (the Jews), they will be blessed. Conversely, if they 'leave the tents of Shem,' turn their backs on the Jews; refusing to support and bless the Shemites, then HaShem will curse Japheth's descendants. This blessing/cursing applies to the descendants of Ham as well; however, it is especially in place for the descendants of Japheth who are told to live in the tents of Shem.
The descendants of Japheth include the Cimmerians, Cimbri, Celts, Scythians, Russians, Greeks, Anglo-Saxons, Syrians, Thracians, Armenians, peoples of Asia Minor, Sicilians, Cypriots, etc.

Due to the later contamination of the Semitic bloodline through Hagar and Ishmael (ie the Arabs) the Torah clarifies that the Promise passed specifically through Abraham and Sarah (rather than Abraham and Hagar) and thence through Isaac and Jacob (Israel) and the twelve tribe of Israel -- Jacob's Semitic offspring and their descendants.

Genesis 21:12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman [ie Hagar]; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

That line was later cleaned with the loss of the Ten Tribes. The two remaining tribes are those people we know today as the Jews, the Elect of HaShem.

During the final seven years of "the Times of the Gentiles" Moshiach (Messiah) will reestablish the Twelve Houses of Israel as the prophets explain.

Besides, if everyone is "chosen" then there are no chosen ones. According to Master Y'shua however, as the Rex Mundi (Antichrist) commits the "abomination of desolation" the Elect will be living in Israel and still chosen:

Matthew 24:15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
Mat 24:16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
...
Mat 24:21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
Mat 24:22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

The Elect are clearly still the Jews.

---
The zionists are the ones who along with their illuminati breathren will cause the 3rd world war

You apparently do not know what a Zionist is: One who believes Zion (Mount Moriah/the Temple Mount) is the eternal home, capital and possession of the Jewish people. That's it. Zionists are people who support the right of the Jews to live and rule in their ancient God decreed Homeland. Today there are numerically more Gentile Zionists than Jewish ones.

Zionism has nothing to do with the Illuminati, the New World Order, Club Bilderberg, etc.

The Illuminati and their minions have at every step sought to destroy Israel and the Jewish people. They are the committed enemies of the Jewish people and state.

To equate Zionists with the Illuminati is patently ridiculous and has no evidence supporting it. To stand against the Jews is to stand against the God of Israel.

Genesis 12:1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
Gen 12:2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
Gen 12:3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.


---
the sanhedrin called BUSH in the scroll of bush GOG!
come on now

Show me where the Sanhedrin did this.

---
come on now.they are stating clearly that their god isnt the God of Abraham but satan.What more does it take.

How about some evidence?
Show me where the Sanhedrin says anything like this. You can not.


This is just ridiculous.

Here is what the Sanderson says of its intentions:

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In the name of the L-rd, Eternal G-d, on the fourth day of the week (Wednesday), on the twenty eighth day of the month of HaEitanim (Tishrei), in the year five thousand seven hundred and sixty-five from the Creation of the universe, seventy-one of the wise men of Israel gathered together in Tiberias, the crowner, that sits on the navel of the land of Israel to fulfill the word of the prophet Isaiah: "And I will return your judges as at the first and your advisors as at the beginning, afterward you will be called the city of justice, a faithful town." (Isaiah 1:26)

They were gathered together today in the city of Tiberias to fulfill the commandment of G-d in His Torah, as it is written: "You shall place judges and officers in all of your gates" (Deuteronomy 16:18) (Source: The Official Sanhedron website)

------

The Sanhedrin is are fully committed to the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob according the light they have.

--- The children of Jacob should be as one and the earth is our prize.

The children of Jacob are the Jews.
Many of them are currently living in Eretz Israel as the prophets foretold. They are struggling to survive. Others continue in the Diaspora.

It is you who have been deceived my friend.

According to Jesus:
"... salvation is of the Jews" -- John 4:22

I'll take his word for it.

~ John of AllFaith

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Monday, December 28, 2009

"Israel will be at war within twelve months unless God intervenes...."

I post Mike Evans writings from time to time. Here's another with an important message:


JERUSALEM REPORT
From Mike Evans the founder of the Jerusalem Prayer Team


It's All About Control of Jerusalem

Dear John,

Dating all the way back to the Oslo Accords in 1993, the issue of control of Jerusalem has been a major sticking point to the so-called "peace process." The world continues to refuse to recognize that the Holy City is as my friend Prime Minister Begin called it "the eternal capital of the nation of Israel."

All of the machinations and schemes of the enemies of Israel are focused on gaining Jerusalem. This is behind the actions of Hamas, Hezbollah, the PLO, Fatah, and of course the Iranians. The most serious threat comes from the nuclear program that President Ahmadinejad is frantically pursuing.

That's why I flew to Israel again last week for my fifth trip this year--to deliver a prophetic word that God has placed in my heart. If we follow and heed His instruction to us, there will be a Second Chronicles 7:14 worldwide turning to Him. If we do not, the consequences will be heartbreaking.

Israel will be at war within twelve months unless God intervenes. It will be forced to attack Iran to stop its nuclear weapons program in self defense, and the world will condemn Israel. Thousands of missiles provided by Iran will rain down on innocent Jewish men, women and children. Thousands of suicide bombers will come--not with backpacks filled with nails and screws, but with dirty bombs that will kill hundreds of thousands.

God has spoken to me to urgently produce a major prayer special to mobilize millions of intercessors NOW. War does not have to happen. God can intervene and change the future...but we must do our part.

http://vimeo.com/8331534

I gave a warning throughout the 1980s and 1990s. I raised my voice to cry out that the terrorists would come to America. On 9/11 we all watched in horror as those unheeded warnings came true. I'm telling you today that unless we act it will happen again...and when it does, the unspeakable horror will make 9/11 look like the good old days. The earliest days of 2010 are vital to the survival of Israel.

Thank you to the 291 who have already responded to this urgent request. According to the eternal promise of God in Genesis 12:3, I pronounce His blessing upon them and pray, "Blessed be those who care for the deliverance of Israel and bless the Chosen People."

https://www.donation-net.net/CTBF/AIBookandDVD.cfm?dn=1032&commID=133641545&ID=211981

I cannot air this special without your help. The liberal media does NOT want this message to get out. They will not extend credit to us. We must pay for the airtime on local stations in advance in order to communicate directly to the American people. I cannot do that unless you help right now. Only the truth can set us free and leave a legacy of hope and peace instead of a legacy of despair, death and destruction. But we must act!

And Mordecai told them to answer Esther: "Do not think in your heart that you will escape in the king's palace any more than all the other Jews."

For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this? Esther 4:13&14

This is our moment. This is our "such a time as this." And we must respond if we expect to receive deliverance.

When you become a prophetic prayer sponsor, I will send you the DVD of this powerful television special as well as a copy of my newest book, Atomic Iran. If you already have a copy it makes a wonderful gift for a friend, family member or pastor.

When you send your gift of $100 or more, in addition to the DVD and the book, I will send you a copy of my prophetic message to the nation of Israel and my address to the Knesset

https://www.donation-net.net/CTBF/AIBookandDVD.cfm?dn=1032&commID=133641545&ID=211981

There is still time to avert this disaster, but only if we act immediately. I urge you to send your best gift today to help us air this powerful prayer special so that we can leave a legacy of hope and freedom instead of one of disaster and despair.

Your Ambassador to Jerusalem,

Dr. Michael Evans

Why Are We Here? Eternal Happiness and the Meaning of Life

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Why Are We Here?

Eternal Happiness and the Meaning of Life

By John of AllFaith 12.28.2009

Everything material, without exception, is at best temporary and limited. So if one is seeking eternal happiness one can take any and all material things off the list of possible ways to attain it. Eternal happiness can not be found there. Everything material is fleeting, be it positive or negative, at best. This being a given, eternal anything (happiness or anything else) can not be stored in any material container (be it in vaults, banks, philosophies, experiences, religions, doctrines, creeds etc.). Religions etc. point the Way to discovering It but can never contain It.

Eternal happiness is only to be found in eternal existence.

Happiness is a material thing. This is shown by the fact that happiness has an opposite: sadness. No dualistic material thing is eternal and hence there is no "eternal happiness" per se.

The problem is we lack a vocabulary (which is a material thing) to describe that which is truly spiritual and eternal.

"Eternal" means without beginning or end and so if one does not already possess this eternal happiness it is not eternal.

See the difficulty here? Sanskrit and Hebrew are far far superior to utilitarian English for considering such topics, but alas we are stuck with English for now. When studying the wisdom these scriptures reveal we must carefully understand the terms as revealed in those languages and overcome our linguistic limitations.

One can not "achieve" something that is eternal unless one has eternally possesses it.

The good news is that we have always possessed "eternal existence" which is composed of, as best we can conceive, "sat chit ananda" (eternity, knowledge and bliss). Therefore we are all eternally sat chit ananda vigraha (or beings of eternity, knowledge and bliss).

As Sri Krsna says:

Bhagavad Gita 2:12: Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor all these kings, nor in the future shall any of us cease to be.
2:13: As the embodied soul continuously passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul also passes into another body at death. A sober person is not bewildered by such a change.
2:14: O son of Kunti, sensory perceptions afflict one with cold, heat, pleasure and pain. They appear and disappear and are impermanent. Therefore endure them all O descendant of Bharata.
2:15: One who is never distressed, O best among men, and who remains unaltered [in the face of] suffering and pleasure and is patient, such a person is eligible for immortality.
2:16: Being does not come from the non-existent, nor does non-being arise from the eternal. This is the considered conclusion of those who see the truth. (my translation).

However we have temporarily laid our eternal nature aside in order to experience separation from the One God Who alone is Sat Chit Ananda Vigraha (we are of sat chit ananda vigraha however Ek Devata or the One God IS Sat Chit Ananda Vigraha). We have entered into what is comparable to a Dark Cloud of Unknowing. We have temporarily donned a form lesser than our true Self in order to learn and experience what we, as eternal Children of God, would not be possible to learn with the full awareness of our eternal nature. Consider: How could we as omniscient beings, the Children of the Most High, ever be deceived by Maya (illusion) and Avidya (ignorance)? We know better! And yet this is temporarily beneficial or desirable in ways hard to fathom as embodied beings.

The Sanatana Dharma Masters call this Dark Cloud Sa-guna Brahman.

Guna means qualities or attributes.

Nir-guna means devoid of or "no" qualities. It is not that there are no spiritual qualities but that there are no dualistic (material) qualities.

Sa-guna means possessing or "yes" qualities. Material nature is not eternal. It is temporary. Everything material has a beginning, a middle and an end, but Jiva Atman (the Self) has no beginning, middle or end. We are eternal beings, children of Ek Devata, the One God. As beings of Nir-guna we temporarily enter into the consciousness of Sa-guna Brahman. When we are ready, we return Home to Godhead, to the Nir-guna Brahman consciousness. The myriad yoga systems, religions and so on exist to guide us Homeward when we are ready to return. The irony is, as eternal beings we are already there! As Master Y'shua taught, 'The Kingdom of God is already in our midst' (Luke 17:21)!

It is no wonder we can not conceive of God in fullness, we can not even conceive of ourselves in fullness! Even our temporary material shells are a mystery to us on so many levels! Therefore the Psalmist urges us, "Arise Oh God!" and yet we slumber on unaware of our true natures and we "die like men, and fall like one of the princes" (Psalm 82).

How will we ever discover and reclaim our eternal natures? This is the goal of religion and the spiritual quest.

Because we are limited in our consciousness we use dualistic words like 'eternal" and "happiness" but "real reality" is so much greater than anything we can conceive. As the Christian Apostle said:

1 Corinthians 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

And again:

1 Corinthians 13:12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

Or as Sri Krsna reveals to Arjuna when displaying His Vishva-rupa or Universal Form, whatever we believe we know, whatever we conceive, whatever our studies have unearthed... God is more AND so are we! The Vishva-rupa or Universal Form is discussed in the eleventh chapter of the Bhagavad Gita. To read this chapter in my translation go here: http://srijagannatha.com/gita/gita11.html

For an insightful presentation of how to wisely interact with material existence consider reading Lao Tsu's Tao te Ching. I recommend the English translation of Gia Fu Feng and Jane English. It is widely available and can also be read on my Taoism site: http://allfaith.com/Religions/Taoism/taoteching.html Note that the Sage or wise person is cautious, like one crossing an icy river. While we exist here in material form we must tread carefully so as not to be consumed by the icy waters of illusion (maya) and ignorance (avidya).

We in the West are accustomed to thinking in absolutes, everything must be "right" or "wrong," "true" or "false," but in the spiritual realms no such duality exists. 1 + 1 sometimes equals 2 but it can just as easily equal any other number! This is very difficult to wrap ones head around after years of materialistic programing, but think of it this way:

  • We are unfathomable eternal beings, created in the very image of the Inconceivable One God: We have been so eternally past and will ever so continue into what we regard as the future.
  • We are temporarily occupying these material forms for eternal reasons and so we do well to be fully present within this moment in order to learn from these experiences and insights. And yet those who are wise will occupy their physical form with spiritual consciousness (Luke 19:13).
  • Eternity is not something future, we are living in eternity even now.
  • Physical embodiment is not a curse nor a prison, it is better thought of as a classroom, an opportunity for growth, personal development and service to the One.
  • As eternal beings we are now, as always, sat chit ananda vigraha (persons of eternity, knowledge and bliss): we are children of the Most High God!
  • Our task is to arise from self-imposed slumber when the time comes and to realize our True Nature as sons and daughters of the One God beyond all comprehension.


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Thursday, December 24, 2009

Dry Bones, Santa and..... Ho! Ho! Ho!

I got a kick out of this dry bones. I hope you will as well:

Santa Claus (1996)

Dry Bones cartoon: Happy Hanukka  Merry Christmas.
The Origins of Christmas

If you haven't seen my new study "The Origins of Christmas" you might find it interested.

Its on my blogs and my website:

On my Website as a single piece: http://allfaith.com/Religions/Noahide/christmas.html

On my John of AllFaith Multiply site beginning here (click NEXT at the bottom of each page for to continue the whole series):

http://johnofallfaith.multiply.com/journal/item/1937/The_Origins_of_Christmas_Part_1_of_5

On my Noahide Nazarene Blog site beginning here(click NEXT at the bottom of each page for to continue the whole series):

http://noahidenazarene.multiply.com/journal/item/53/The_Origins_of_Christmas_Part_1_of_5

Jethro Tull - A Christmas Song

Merry Christmas

Everyone!